Uneasy Rhetoric

…is to grow wine on it. We got together with Chris and Margaret this evening after Chris and I did a Trader Joe’s run and purchased a cart full of cheap Merlot, plus one ringer. The goal? Find a wine or two for under $5 a bottle that we actually liked. Read the knowledgeable and [...]

If it were legal and safe to wear headphones while I barreled down the Jedediah Smith on my French classic, I might be listening to Soss. I heard this band, put together by a piper and a drummer and “newly expanded,” on Tartan Podcast a while ago and bought the EP “Salt and Soss” as [...]

One must ask why a microbrewery in Oregon would be given the task of brewing a private reserve for “The Man.” Perhaps Santa believes, as I do, that the area around Newport, Oregon where Rogue is brewed is some of the most beautiful geography on Earth. Even if Newport itself is not. Awsome aquarium though. [...]

I found this at the supermarket next to Monty Python’s Holy Grail Ale. I knew it was coming, and I knew I had to try it (as opposed to the Holy Grail Ale, which I’m happy to try if someone buys it for me). As you might expect, this beer is kosher. It is also [...]

Every year, Anchor tweaks the recipe for their Christmas Ale and comes up with something different. Every year, the put a tree on the label, and this year the tree is quercus agrifolia, the Coast Live Oak, a magnificent California tree. The beer is dark brown with mild carbonation. When poured, it develops a significant [...]